Oil & gas wells in Lincoln County, MS
954 catalogued wells in Lincoln County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lincoln County, Mississippi has 954 catalogued oil & gas wells: 206 active (22%), 649 plugged & abandoned (68%) and 5 documented orphans. It ranks 13th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
954
Active
206
Plugged
649
Documented orphans
5
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lincoln County?
22% of Lincoln County's wells are active, 5 percentage points above the Mississippi share of 16%. 68% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 48% nationally. 46 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 5 wells (0.5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 48 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lincoln County?
By product class, 545 of the county's wells (57%) are oil wells, 7 (0.7%) gas wells and 28 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Lincoln County well is 18,519 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 78% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Lincoln County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Lincoln County has the 13th-most catalogued wells of the 57 Mississippi counties with at least 25. The median Mississippi county on WellCensus has 197 wells. The largest, Adams County, has 5,963. By documented orphans it ranks 23rd in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Lincoln County?
218 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lincoln County. 100% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Lincoln County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Mallalieu Unit 19-1 formerly (BOWMAN LUTHER U-1 1) 19-1 | 23-085-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| BFU 29N-7(A.L.Cohn Bros) 1 | 23-085-00002 | Shut-in | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Lcu 34-10 | 23-085-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Lcu 34-11 (F. L. Brown No. 2) . | 23-085-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Ira Martin 1 1 | 23-085-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ambassador Oil Co. Et Al |
| Reed-Dunn 1 1 | 23-085-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moon-Hines |
| Board Of Supervisors 1 1 | 23-085-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dorris Ballew Inc Et Al |
| Brister 1 1 | 23-085-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dorris Ballew Inc Et Al |
| Lcu 36-14 (Covington No. 5) . | 23-085-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Lcu 36-13 (R. L. Covington No. 3) . | 23-085-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Lcu 36-15 (Covington Mcdavid Unit #1) . | 23-085-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Lcu # 35-12 # 35-12 | 23-085-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Brister 1 1 | 23-085-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnwell Production Company |
| C C Clark 1 1 | 23-085-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Barnwell Production Company |
| Lcu 33-8 3 | 23-085-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Lcu 33-7 | 23-085-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Lcu #33-10 #33-10 | 23-085-00017 | Active | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Harry Davis 1 1 | 23-085-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bateman Et Al |
| Lcu (Dickerson Bacot # 1) 33-15 | 23-085-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Lcu 33-9 (B. W. Mcclelland No. 1) . | 23-085-00020 | Shut-in | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| LCU ( frmly MCCLELLAND-MAY A) 34-12 | 23-085-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Lcu 33-2 ( Stubbs-L.E. Price U. No. 1) | 23-085-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Lcu 28-15 (L.E.-F.Z. Price Unit No. 1) . | 23-085-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Charles W Compton 1 1 | 23-085-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | X. M. Franscogna Et Al |
| Lcu 34-9 | 23-085-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Lincoln County, MS?
Lincoln County, Mississippi has 954 catalogued oil & gas wells: 206 active, 649 plugged and 5 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lincoln County?
5 wells in Lincoln County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 23rd-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Lincoln County are plugged?
649 of Lincoln County's 954 catalogued wells (68%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 70% across Mississippi.
Which Mississippi county has the most oil and gas wells?
Adams County has the most catalogued wells of any Mississippi county on WellCensus (5,963); Lincoln County ranks 13th with 954.
How many companies operate wells in Lincoln County?
218 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
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About this data
Source: Mississippi State Oil & Gas Board well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 28, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Lincoln County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/lincoln (data as of October 28, 2026).